The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1887-10-21
The ublnnItnu. Iebrem.


n has been ;ggqayuly eua,E.I tia.
the Jewish race has "A wonderful power
Of adaptation 90 all climates. Jews are
found ia au parts of the globe. ard
seem Go possess a remarkable facility FOR
accImaltztJiau. even under the most
uuiuv0rao,r circumstances. NT-sopN-
tamia is considered the mother country
Of the Abrahamic family. rs well as the
cradle OF the humuu race. Some years
ago "a small colony Of Jews were found
in the ancient city OF SEMINAR, iu the
south Of NT-sopotamia, and in the vicin-
ity OF ancient Babylon. OF the seventy
families composing the coluuy one
claimed 10 be descended from King
Joachim, the rest from the house OF
Levi. \ colony OF jews appear 10 have
settled in China about the beginning Of
the Third century Of the Christian era.
under the dynasty of Han. In I-Ci
Father Gouzam, Roman Catholic mis-
siouary, found seven families near
Pekin.
In 1856 Portuguese Jew of Ams,er-
dam, named De Payia, discovered a
sect Of Jews IN Cochin China. Accord
ing 10 tradition preserved among
them, they we're descended from a tribe
of Jews Who has quilted Palestine on
the destruction OF the second temple.
From their long residence in Cochin
they had become completely bronZsd.
These are Lot the same as the Ma!abaI
Jews The Jewish traveller Benjamin.
sometimes called Benjamin The Second.
discovered a colony of Jews, evidently
Of Persian origin, in HiuGOslau. They
We're known as 'BabylOuiIu Jews. - on
account of their having migrated from
BabyIuuia. They observed the essential
rites of Judaism. and strictly avoided
Iutermavriage with other secJs. In Ehe
beginning o. the Seventh century a
Jewish colony settled in Cayenne, in
the West Indies, one Of the most iuhos-
pitab!e climates in South America.
Cayenne was subsequently conquered
by The French. who made it u penal set
tlemonr, and the Jewish colony was
forced TO retire 10 ~uriuam. NOtwith-
standing frequent prosecutions, Jews are
still found III Persia, more especially to
the south Of the Caspian sea, where the
soil is very fertile, but the climate very
unhealthy. The principal city is Bal
prosh, where about $50 Jewish families
reside in almost complete isolation.
They trade with their brethren in Great
Tartary, and are engaged in the wool
and silk trade or in the sale or citIons.
They, zoo, trace their origin grum the
Babyloniuu captivity, for, according to
4 tradition still possessed among them,
their ancestors settled in Persia IN the
time Of NehuchadneZzaV, and did not
respond 20 the appeal Of Ezra To return
o. Palestine. Their mode Of life rezcm- |
blcs that OF The Iggs.Ius ~ geueral.
They hold the beard .u high esteem. a-l
wear ioug flowing robes. They have
several synagogues, and ob.au scrolls
OF the law irom B,-d.d. The elgaC-
Ell African traveller, -tgD-1 TIs., ,,ruut
% CO .Juy ut Jewish families Iu the heart
OF Africa, about 500 miles frou the
coast. I, Is .a G.ul. this popularity
of the Jewish race which induced a
French writer on Medical G.ggrlphy'' .
TO express the opinion tlul III .s Guas- /
ti0nable whether ;ho crossing og human |
varieties coniers on the issue constant .
advantages In relation 20 the species .
for the Jewish race seems IN "A wonder |
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